Refrigerant Recovery Unit 230v conversion

[jbomba]

Hey guys im in the market for a new recovery unit. Im currently living in Australia and have found the price on recovery units to be ridiculous when compared to our american counter parts. I was wondering if anyone had disassembled any units and could tell me if the compressors are directly fed or if they run through a transformer. If the latter we might be able to do a bit of a conversion. Im not interested in running a stepdown transformer . Its got to be an internal solution.

Just to give you guys an idea ive been quoted $1750 aud for a cps tr21 the same pump sells on amazon for $593 usd .Converted to aud equates to $641. Thats a $1109 difference. Must be huge profits being made by importer or manufacturer.

[install monkey]

uk voltages 230v 50htz - cps tr21 has different versions for different voltages- doesnt show a switch or option for rewiring
http://www.cpsproducts.com/pdf/TR21_Man.pdf

[FreezerGeezer]

Robinair do vac pumps with switchable 110/230V windings. Maybe they do that in a reclaim unit?

Or, go old school & build your own. As long as it's only reclaim, using a POE condensing unit won't matter. Or build one of each.

[licencetochill]

Hey mate, We run Appion recovery units, they're bulletproof in my opinion and Patton's have good deals on them at times here.